The alloy floor had vanished.
The once-level basement had become an enormous pit.
Luo Ye climbed out of it, stepping over rubble strewn across the bottom.
The newly grown layer of skin on his body shimmered with an eerie metallic gleam.
The absolute annihilation rule from the Dark Continent had failed to kill him.
Instead, it had become the finest fuel for the evolution of his Specialization Nen.
Luo Ye brushed the dust off his beach shorts.
He turned to Shizuku.
"New hire."
"Pack up all the junk toys on the floor with Blinky."
"Don't leave them a single one."
Shizuku adjusted the black-framed glasses on her nose.
The enormous Blinky opened its pitch-black maw.
A gale swept through the basement.
The mountain of stuffed toys was sucked up in an instant.
Killua's eyes were red.
He turned and stared fiercely at Luo Ye.
"You lunatic."
Killua shouted.
"You actually took Nanika's Demand head-on and survived."
Luo Ye let out a huge yawn.
"What working stiff doesn't go a little crazy?"
"High risk means high returns."
He took the battered notebook out of his Hawaiian shirt pocket.
He quickly scribbled a few lines in it with a ballpoint pen.
"Emotional damages."
"Lost wages for forcibly resisting the rules of the world."
"Equipment depreciation."
Luo Ye slapped the notebook hard against Gon's chest.
"Take a look at this bill."
"Your boss paid a hefty price to keep you alive."
Gon stared at the long string of zeros in the notebook.
His jaw dropped straight to the floor.
Heavy footsteps echoed down the corridor.
Silva and Zeno entered the ruined basement.
The two assassins at the pinnacle of the world surveyed the wreckage.
Their gazes passed over Killua.
They locked firmly onto Luo Ye in his Hawaiian shirt.
Luo Ye's presence was